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Indonesia
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has signed the TPNW
Has not yet ratified the TPNW
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SIGNED
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RATIFIED
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Status
Indonesia has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Signature
Retno Marsudi, the minister of foreign affairs of Indonesia, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.
Indonesia’s parliament, or people’s representative council, unanimously approved ratification of the treaty on 21 November 2023. The final step in the ratification process is for Indonesia to deposit its instrument of ratification with the UN secretary-general.
Following the parliamentary approval, Marsudi said that the ratification of the TPNW aligned with Indonesia’s constitutional mandate to promote peace and security, and sent a clear message to the world that “the possession and use of nuclear weapons cannot be justified for any reason”.
“With this ratification, our national legal infrastructure will also become stronger to encourage international peace,” she added. “I hope that more countries will ratify the TPNW to put pressure on nuclear-possessing countries and also to create strong anti-nuclear weapons norms.”
The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, submitted the TPNW to the people’s representative council in October 2022. The council’s first commission held a series of meetings with government officials and academics to examine the treaty, before approving it in October 2023.
Indonesia has already established supportive laws and regulations to accommodate the treaty into its national regulation system, according to the foreign ministry.
Retno Marsudi, the minister of foreign affairs of Indonesia, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: ICAN
Stakeholders participate in a roundtable meeting in Yogyakarta in 2020 to discuss Indonesia’s ratification of the TPNW. Photo: IIS-UGM
National position
In 2021, Indonesia described the TPNW’s entry into force as “a very important milestone”, providing a “legal framework to delegitimise nuclear weapons” and raising “moral barriers against their threat”. It called on “countries that have not signed the treaty to do so and be part of the positive force towards global nuclear disarmament”.
Indonesia has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by co-sponsoring and consistently voting in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the treaty “at the earliest possible date”.
“In achieving nuclear disarmament, we shall aim for the universalisation of the [TPNW]”, Indonesia said in 2022. It also emphasised that the TPNW “complements” the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968 and the abolition of nuclear weapons is needed “for humanity to thrive and prevail”.
Meetings of states parties
Indonesia attended as an observer the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022. “Indonesia is proud to join this notable day, to be part of the right side of history,” it said. “Nuclear disarmament remains our shared highest priority.”
It later remarked that the success of the first meeting of states parties “offered hope in the nuclear disarmament landscape”.
TPNW negotiations
Indonesia participated in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption. It served as a vice-president of the bureau.
In its opening statement to the negotiating conference, Indonesia argued for “a shift in the principles of nuclear disarmament” to emphasise the “humanitarian imperative” and “render the deterrence doctrine obsolete”. It described the conference as “the culmination of decades of international endeavours on nuclear disarmament”.
In its closing statement, Indonesia celebrated the fact that after “extensive negotiations” states were able to agree on a text that, while imperfect in its view, is “significantly crucial in our efforts toward nuclear disarmament”.
In 2016, Indonesia co-sponsored the UN General Assembly resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence negotiations on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.
Before the negotiations
Indonesia was among 127 states that endorsed a “humanitarian pledge” in 2015–16 to cooperate “in efforts to stigmatise, prohibit, and eliminate nuclear weapons”. The pledge was instrumental in building momentum and support for convening the negotiations.
In 2013, a regional roundtable meeting was held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with officials, academics, and campaigners from across Southeast Asia to discuss “the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons and the prospects for a ban”.
Students from the Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta demonstrate their support for a global ban on nuclear weapons in 2015. Credit: ISS-UGM
Further information
Nuclear-weapon-free state
Has signed the TPNW
Has not yet ratified the TPNW
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SIGNED
20 September 2017 |
RATIFIED
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IN FORCE
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Status
Indonesia has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
Signature
Retno Marsudi, the minister of foreign affairs of Indonesia, signed the TPNW at a high-level ceremony in New York when it opened for signature on 20 September 2017.
Indonesia’s parliament, or people’s representative council, unanimously approved ratification of the treaty on 21 November 2023. The final step in the ratification process is for Indonesia to deposit its instrument of ratification with the UN secretary-general.
Following the parliamentary approval, Marsudi said that the ratification of the TPNW aligned with Indonesia’s constitutional mandate to promote peace and security, and sent a clear message to the world that “the possession and use of nuclear weapons cannot be justified for any reason”.
“With this ratification, our national legal infrastructure will also become stronger to encourage international peace,” she added. “I hope that more countries will ratify the TPNW to put pressure on nuclear-possessing countries and also to create strong anti-nuclear weapons norms.”
The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, submitted the TPNW to the people’s representative council in October 2022. The council’s first commission held a series of meetings with government officials and academics to examine the treaty, before approving it in October 2023.
Indonesia has already established supportive laws and regulations to accommodate the treaty into its national regulation system, according to the foreign ministry.
Retno Marsudi, the minister of foreign affairs of Indonesia, signs the TPNW in 2017. Photo: ICAN
Stakeholders participate in a roundtable meeting in Yogyakarta in 2020 to discuss Indonesia’s ratification of the TPNW. Photo: IIS-UGM
National position
In 2021, Indonesia described the TPNW’s entry into force as “a very important milestone”, providing a “legal framework to delegitimise nuclear weapons” and raising “moral barriers against their threat”. It called on “countries that have not signed the treaty to do so and be part of the positive force towards global nuclear disarmament”.
Indonesia has promoted universal adherence to the TPNW, including by co-sponsoring and consistently voting in favour of an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to the treaty “at the earliest possible date”.
“In achieving nuclear disarmament, we shall aim for the universalisation of the [TPNW]”, Indonesia said in 2022. It also emphasised that the TPNW “complements” the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968 and the abolition of nuclear weapons is needed “for humanity to thrive and prevail”.
Meetings of states parties
Indonesia attended as an observer the first meeting of states parties to the TPNW, held in Vienna in June 2022. “Indonesia is proud to join this notable day, to be part of the right side of history,” it said. “Nuclear disarmament remains our shared highest priority.”
It later remarked that the success of the first meeting of states parties “offered hope in the nuclear disarmament landscape”.
TPNW negotiations
Indonesia participated in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and was among 122 states that voted in favour of its adoption. It served as a vice-president of the bureau.
In its opening statement to the negotiating conference, Indonesia argued for “a shift in the principles of nuclear disarmament” to emphasise the “humanitarian imperative” and “render the deterrence doctrine obsolete”. It described the conference as “the culmination of decades of international endeavours on nuclear disarmament”.
In its closing statement, Indonesia celebrated the fact that after “extensive negotiations” states were able to agree on a text that, while imperfect in its view, is “significantly crucial in our efforts toward nuclear disarmament”.
In 2016, Indonesia co-sponsored the UN General Assembly resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence negotiations on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.
Before the negotiations
Indonesia was among 127 states that endorsed a “humanitarian pledge” in 2015–16 to cooperate “in efforts to stigmatise, prohibit, and eliminate nuclear weapons”. The pledge was instrumental in building momentum and support for convening the negotiations.
In 2013, a regional roundtable meeting was held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with officials, academics, and campaigners from across Southeast Asia to discuss “the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons and the prospects for a ban”.
Students from the Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta demonstrate their support for a global ban on nuclear weapons in 2015. Credit: ISS-UGM
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